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Intel Pipe Dream Demo (IDF 2011)

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Real life creation of the animated music video "Pipe Dream" from Animusic.  This demo was created for the Intel Corporation.  The first showing was at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco in September of 2011.

Technical Highlight:

  • 3 high speed, closed loop, servo motor systems 
  • 250+ industrial I/O channels 
  • 122 custom circuit boards
  • 700+ blue LED's
  • 2300+ balls shot per performance
  • 31 electronic paintball hoppers
  • 320+ feet of aluminum extrusion
  • 144 square feet of floor space
  • 2500 feet of wires and cables
  • 50 smiles per performance

Videos and Technical Details 

Flying Nerf Dart Board

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 Machine coordinates high speed vision and high speed motion to intercept Nerf Darts.

Technical Highlight:

  • High speed cameras trigger at more than 100 frames per second
  • 4 bar linkage executes moves in less than 100 mSec
  • Projectiles can be intercepted at a rate of 3 darts per second
  • Motion accomplished using NI LabVIEW SoftMOTION, EtherCAT drives, and Danaher motors

Videos and Technical Details 

  

Delta Robot (Flying Blade of Amputation)

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 Coordinated motion of 3 motors is demonstrated in a "Delta" robot that stabs between fingers on a hand.

Video

  

Gears of Death

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 Pegs are moved in and out of holes on motors that are coordinated on XY stages.  All of this is done at high speed without the pegs touching the holes.

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